The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1887-09-17
NO. 8

him Of the greater part of bis au.
dienee, to which by the way Capt.
Anderson had spoken for perhaps
an hour without interruption of
any sort. And this he calls "the
urging Of the claims OF both par.
ties with undated zeal "Oh
Shame where is thy blush ~
He uext alludes 10 the fact that
the friends of Burton aud Ker.
shaw on the Executive Commit
tee, refused to meet with the com
mittee and this prevented a quo
rum, am surprised that so in
significant matter as the want
of a quorum should have prevent
ed the Anderson men from pro.
ceeding with their business, es.
peclally as there was a quorum in
town. Why not declare them pre-.
sent aud go a head I Why not be
sure they were in town and ought
to have been present ii they were
notf Such, as | understand it, is
the argument by which the Dele.
gates from the LIST Dist. in the An.
ders0n convention were shown to
have been present. Let the truth
be known as regards that meeting
of the Executive Committee. Pro.
claim il, aye proclaim ii from the
houset0ps.' No Kershaw or Bur.
ton delegate need be ashamed of
their action on that occasion. A
few men IN the interest of Capt
Anderson got up petition with
Onlya few names to have two con
ventions In the 9th Dist. This the
kershaw and Burton men, being in
the minority on the committee on
that particular occasion, believed
the Anderson men would put
through Notwithstanding a coun.
ter petition by n very large mum.
ber of the Democratic voters of
the District; an opinion which
after events have fully justified.
He also says he was willing at that
time to have submitted to u prim
AIRY election. Well | should smile
tits all the Same as though he had
expressed u Willingness to accept
the office of sheriff Of Issaquena
for the next..two years. His op'
ponents thus divided between
Burton and Kershaw he, the minor
ity candidate, would have been
the nominee without further effort
on his part, and he actually do
clares that he would have submit
ted TO this his magnanimity il
. truly astonishing. He says he
cannot see how a primary woult
: alter the result, and he is right
Ii would result in o majority
, against his ticket; just as it has
, done already. He asks Kershav
, pathetically how could prima
ry advantage you nowW His con
cern for Kershaw is truly touch
| ing. Let him consent that boil
tickets shall be put before tn,
, Democracy again and we will TAXI
, care of Mr.. Kershaw's interests
( AS to his figures you can judg,
what they amount to when accord
| ing to a card of @. N. Brown whicl
7 | send you Burton had 20 votes il
b. tho 2nd District instead of 10 "a
Capt. Anderson puts III and | an
D very confident that had the vOt,
{ been taken by ballot in the 4tl
!. District the only fair way, the vot
, of his opponents would have beol
! much larger than it was. Tn
, conclusion of his letter contain
} nothing but a lugubrlous complain
. of the manner in which the can
r yass was conducted; statemen
/. that he was met by this PROPOSE
[ ton on the threshold of the cleo
!. tion and that vindication is nov
: almost within his grasp. Not
[ the date OF his letter the 10th o
5 August, just 10 days from the day
/. of election. This election mus
!. have a very spacious threshold Il
extend over two months and Il
, days. AS to his boasted yindlca
tion, it will come, if II comes at al
, from the Republicans of the coun
ty and not from the Democracy
A proud vindicatiOn truly for |
, Democratic Office holder I! But 10
him not clay that flattering un
ction to his soul " too strongly
though just within his grasp. il
may like the tabled apples of Tan
: talus elude that grasp.
Now Mr.. Editor we haye unfurl
ed our banners. 1t is contest moi
of our seeking. We have beer
driven into it. We could not
avoid it, consistently with oul
manhood and self respect, and We
purpose to carry it on until victory
crowns our efforts. We are fight.
ing for Democratic Supremacy
in yindication of the right of 9
majority of the Democrats to say
who shall be candidates of the
party, and we feel that we ought
to have the hearty and outspoken
sympathy and encouragement o
NIL good Democrats throughout the
State. Very Respectfully
W. 2. HICKS
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